I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Although my little money is not worth mentioning at all, I can't even buy a few pieces of wood"

Tai Fu widened his eyes in surprise:

"Dead? Xiao Guasheng, why are you saying such unlucky words so nonchalantly?"

"I've been dealing with all kinds of scoundrels and scum all the time." Gua Sheng smiled flatly, "There are all kinds of scoundrels and scum, and there are many outlaws among them."

"Maybe one day in the future, when a scoundrel is arrested, something will happen."

"So I thought about making some preparations in advance."

"In this way, if I have an accident one day, the money I have worked so hard to save will not be moldy on the tatami."

"Xiao Guasheng, you are really good." The husband put his hands on his hips, his tone full of helplessness, "Should I scold you for worrying about nothing, or should I praise you for taking precautions?"

"Of course I'm planning for a rainy day." Gua Sheng smiled "hee hee" while putting the cash box in his hand back to its original position and covering it with tatami mats.

"Anyway, Taifu, don't forget where my money is."

"Little Guasheng, are you not afraid that I will sneak into your house and steal your money in the future?" Tai Fu said in a half-joking tone.

"The Taifu would not do such a thing." Guasheng said without thinking, "I would not believe that the Taifu who spent most of his savings to repair the banks of the Rashomon River would do such a thing."

"Anyway, my money is entrusted to you. Don't forget where my money is."

"Understood." Mrs. Fengling sighed softly, and put on a helpless tone, "Xiao Guasheng, I think you are just worrying about nothing. Why are there so many desperadoes in Yoshihara?"

"And even if there are outlaws appearing, they can't do anything to you, right?"

Regarding Taifu Fengling's words, Guasheng only smiled.

No verbal response was made.

Chapter 410 Natural Mind Flow Patriarch 【7800 words】

Edo, in an unknown back alley.

Kondo held a bottle of sake in his hand, and while drinking, he told Ogata what happened after he and Ogata separated in Kyoto.

"Master, I told you before that I left my hometown and traveled all over the world just to hone my sword skills and broaden my horizons."

"Not long after you left Kyoto, I realized that staying in Kyoto could no longer improve my swordsmanship."

"And I'm tired of looking at the scenery of Kyoto."

"Then it occurred to me that I had never been to Edo since I grew up."

"So I left Kyoto and headed east, taking the Tokaido to Edo."

"When I came to Edo, I just ran out of spending money."

"I was very lucky. I found a job that suited me not long after I came to Edo."

"I plan to continue to travel around after I have saved enough money and seen the prosperity of Edo."

After Kondo took a breath, he stretched out his hand and gently rubbed the thigh that was hit by the diners of Nagano just now.

"So that's how it is." Ogata, who was standing next to Kondo, murmured, "Then we are really destined. I didn't expect that we would run into each other again in Edo. You participated in the imperial trial because of the prize money. Is it?"

"If you can get a bonus, that would be the best!" Kondo smiled, "The reason why I participated in the imperial trial match is not complicated, I just think the imperial trial match is very interesting, and it can also broaden my horizons by the way. So I signed up."

"Then what about your name?"

Ogata asked.

"I remember that in the martial arts test this morning, the official called not Kondo Uchisuke, but Sakamoto Yuji."

"Oh! That name is an alias I made up blindly." Kondo smiled innocently, "Although I just came to Edo not long ago, I have managed to make a lot of new friends."

"I usually tell my friends that my swordsmanship is very good."

"If I fail to show my talents in the imperial trial, I will be ashamed."

"So this time I participated in the imperial trial, I kept it from my friends and chose to participate under a pseudonym."

"Only one friend who also participated in the imperial trial and successfully survived the martial arts test knew that I also participated in the imperial trial."

"But now it seems that my behavior of participating in the imperial trial with a pseudonym is useless. Most of my friends have no interest in the imperial trial. It doesn't matter if I change my name or not."

Speaking of this, Kondo's face showed a faint look of frustration.

"It's so embarrassing. I didn't expect to be screened out after only one fight."

"That's your own death." Ogata said angrily, "When you were in Kyoto before, you still patted your chest and told me that you had enlightened."

"Aren't you completely ignorant!"

After sighing heavily, Ogata continued:

"Kondo, listen up."

"Ogata-ryu can only be used in life-or-death duels. Do whatever it takes to win."

"However, there is no need to use the Ogata style when exchanging lessons with others and communicating about swordsmanship."

"To be honest, I was dumbfounded by your act of trying to close in front of the imperial court today."

Hearing Ogata's reprimand, Kondo smiled awkwardly.

"Master, I know I was wrong and I will learn from it in the future. I only wanted to win at the time, so I didn't think of so much pain." Kondo gasped again, and then raised his hand to knead his injured thigh again.

"Master. Don't be the only one talking about it."

Kondo said while rubbing his leg.

"I've finished talking about me, so you can tell about yours too. Why have you come to Edo too? And what happened to your face?"

"Why did I come to Edo? Let me keep it a secret."

"As for the face, it's also very simple. I wear a human skin mask. As you know, my face is not easy to expose to the public."

"Then for some reason, I also participated in the imperial trial. What is the specific reason, let me keep it a secret."

"Then I ran into you by chance today."

After today's martial arts test ended, Ogata asked Mucun and the others to go back first, and quietly followed Kondo by himself.

Kondo can be regarded as his half apprentice.

Since we meet again by such a fate, it is really unreasonable not to say hello.

Then I ran into the six diners from Nagano who came to trouble Kondo.

After silently hiding from the sidelines and watching the battle for a while, after realizing that Kondo did not have the ability and experience to fight more than one dozen, Ogata had no choice but to show up and give his apprentice another hand.

"Human skin mask? Wow, it turns out that a mask that can change a person's face after wearing it really exists. I thought this kind of thing only existed in the mouth of a storyteller. It's the same as a real face."

"I heard that this human skin mask is very difficult to make." Ogata touched his face, "so it is a very rare thing."

"I'm so happy today!" Kondo put his hands on his hips, "Not only saw the rare human skin mask, but also met you again, Master!"

"I really want to talk to you a little more, but"

Kondo smiled wryly and glanced at the sky that was almost completely dark.

"It's getting dark and I should go back. There are many regulations in the place where I live. If I go back too late, I will be scolded."

Ogata lowered his eyes and glanced at Kondo's thigh: "Can your legs walk?"

Ogata noticed just now that Kondo had been gasping for breath from the pain, and rubbed his injured thigh from time to time.

"Should be able to walk"

"Does it hurt where you were cut just now?"

"Yeah, a bit." Kondo lifted the hakama, revealing the place where Nagano's diners had just hacked.

Although Yong Ye's diners used the back of the knife just now, it is still a large piece of iron.

Being hacked by such a heavy slender piece of iron, and even if it missed the vital point, it would definitely not feel good.

The part of Kondo's leg where he was chopped just now was quite red and swollen.

Ogata: "Are you sure you can go?"

"Yes." Kondo nodded, "but it may be a bit strenuous to walk."

"I can't help it." After Ogata sighed softly, he stretched his left shoulder towards Kondo, "Come on, hold my shoulder, and I will take you back to your home. You must have a place to live in Edo Bar?"

"Master, are you going to take me back? The place where I live is a little far away."

"Since it's a little far away, why don't you hurry up and hold my shoulder? Take you home as soon as possible, and I can be free sooner."

"Then you have Master Lao!"

Kondo put his arms around Ogata's shoulders without hesitation.

"Kondo, where do you live now?"

"Well, leave this alley first, then turn left."

Ogata supported Kondo, who was having trouble walking now, and walked out of the alley slowly, following the direction Kondo pointed.

"By the way, what's up with your natural flow of mind? Have you finally thought of a name for your self-created school?"

"That's right!"

Kondo, with a somewhat proud look on his face, straightened his chest.

"I can come up with such a great name, thanks to you, master!" Kondo continued.

Ogata: "Huh? I don't remember teaching you how to name a school of swordsmanship."

"When I said goodbye to you in Kyoto, you gave me very valuable advice: don't be impatient. Follow nature. Take one step at a time and move forward in a down-to-earth manner."

"This sentence gave me a lot of insights!"

"It was also your words that inspired me. It helped me to take off the name Natural Flow of Mind."

"How? Master, isn't this a great name?"

"Hmm." The corner of Ogata's mouth twitched, "It's quite imposing, so the origin of this name has something to do with me?"

Ogata in his previous life didn't know much about Japanese history.

But even a person like him who doesn't know much about Japanese history has heard of the name of Natural Rishin-ryu more or less.

Natural Rinpoche is one of the most famous schools of swordsmanship in modern Japan.

A large part of the reason why Natural Rishin Flow is so famous is that during the end of the Tokugawa period, that is, the end of the Edo period, there were many celebrities who flowed out of Natural Rishin.

Isamu Kondo, Souji Okita, Toshizo Hijikata, all the influential figures in the end of the Tokugawa period, are all descendants of the natural flow of spirituality.

Of course, there is a very important reason why the natural Li-shin-ryu is famous in modern Japan, apart from having many powerful successors. It is also because it is a practical genre that can stand the test, and it is not a show.

Kondo created the natural lishin flow and Kondo respects me as a master, so am I the patriarch of the natural lishin flow?

Ogata feels very complicated now.

Unknowingly, I had a very close relationship with the pioneer of the awesome swordsmanship genre in history

Will I be in the history books later?Record me as "the patriarch in the legend of the natural mind" or something

This idea just popped up in Ogata's mind, and Ogata felt that his idea was a bit funny, so he didn't need to think about this kind of problem at all.

Because the current him must be included in the history books.

After all, he is basically considered a living legend now.

Such a legendary figure is destined to leave a strong mark in the history books.

I just don't know how the history books will write and evaluate these deeds of Ogata.

"The patriarch in the legend of the natural mind" can only be regarded as a relatively insignificant category in Ogata's life trajectory

"Ah, master, turn right next."

"Why do you live in such a remote place?" Ogata asked in surprise while supporting Kondo to turn right.

Ogata didn't count how long it had been since he started helping Kondo go home.

He only knew that the traffic around him was getting thinner and thinner, and he was slowly entering a very remote place.

"I'm living where I work now. The place where I work is so remote, I can't help it." Kondo said helplessly.

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked you what kind of work you're doing now."

"I'm helping a businessman now."